Um, I know I'm late with the next chapter, I was just making an SG-1 music video, so that pretty much took my time. But now I'm here with chapter 4.
Oh, and by the way, my first language is not English so if you discover any mistakes, please just forgive me. :)
Chapter 4
The next time Daniel woke up was not because some alien beasts cry but because he felt the morning sun tickling his back with its rays. He slowly opened his eyes, as he rolled to his back.
Daniel sat up and trussed him with his arms behind him. Most days he didn't have the time to relax, he would have to quickly prepare himself and head to the SGC.
He couldn't help but let out a huge yawn. He checked Cameron but he was still sleeping. On the contrary, as he looked at his other friend he saw Teal'c had already woken up and was standing before the glass, watching silently the forest.
'Hi, Teal'c.' Daniel greeted the Jaffa and even he became surprised hearing his unusually weak and tired voice.
'Daniel Jackson.' Teal'c slowly bowed his head.
'How long have you been awake?'
'Not too long.' Teal'c answered shortly.
'I see.' Daniel got out of the bed and stretched himself.
'It seems Cameron Mitchell was most tired yesterday.' Teal'c pointed at Cameron who seemed to be still sleeping.
The moment he finished Cam opened his eyes and sat up so quickly as if he'd been perfectly awake. 'I was but you too have ruined my sleep.' He uttered angrily.
'Well, I'm gonna shave.' Daniel stated and left the other two in the living room.
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Sam hardly believed that what she did last night was real. She must have been extremely exhausted to let Jack that close to herself. She shouldn't have done that but it was too late to change her mind. Though she felt more relaxed with him than she had felt in a very long time, she knew that could easily ruin everything between them. If it was up to her it wouldn't but she was fully aware of the regulations and she wasn't even sure what Jack felt. This holiday would have been a perfect opportunity to learn more of each other's feelings but Sam was not sure it would be the right thing to do. For ten long years she could deal with her feelings ok and now as they reached the surface again she wasn't sure she could hold them back.
If you want to be a good soldier you have to put your personal feelings aside. She knew that. She observed the rules as she should. But Sam also knew she couldn't hide her feelings anymore. The more she thought about it the stronger those feelings became. Sam finally came to a decision. Ten years is a long time to run from the truth, it was time to face it.
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'Hi, roommate.' Vala greeted Sam as fresh as ever. Obviously she didn't need too much time to wipe tiredness and sleepiness away.
'Hi.' Sam tried to sound as positive as she could.
'Do you think I should date Daniel?'
Sam almost fell off the bed as she heard Vala's question. Her sound wasn't more serious then usually but Sam knew she wasn't joking. 'What?' She asked confused.
Sam had been forcing this topic a lot lately but Vala seemed to have been avoiding it every time. Now that she came up with it was a little strange but in a good way.
'Daniel and I. You know I had this strange dream the night and…' she paused for a second. 'Well, I think I strongly attracted to him.'
Sam was still in shock so she had to regain calmness to answer. 'That's good. Isn't that what I've been talking about lately?'
'Yes and I don't know. It just hit me during my sleep.'
Sam had her own problem dealing with her feelings but she couldn't just leave Vala like that, not that she was the one to first come up with it.
They both sat up in their beds and faced each other. Vala continued. 'This holiday would be a perfect opportunity to try this thing.'
'Yeah, I've been thinking of that too.'
Vala knew what Sam was talking about. 'So it's time to stop thinking and start acting.' She seemed to be quite excited and happy about the whole thing.
If only it were that easy, Sam thought. 'Yeah.' She finally answered.
Vala only nodded and headed out of the room.
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Jack was sitting in his bed with his back to the wall for only god knows how long. He was just staring at the wall in front of him. The dream he had was too strange for him to just let go. He didn't usually have dreams like that. It might have been a sign; the only problem was that Jack didn't believe in such things.
He knew everyone else knew around him what he felt for Sam but he didn't have the luxury to show them. Or did he? While they were on SG-1 he was sure it would have ruined everything but now that they worked quite far from each other it might not be such a huge problem. Last night the time they spent together, watching the night sky, standing in front of the window in each other's arms left good feelings in Jack's heart.
Slowly he could hear the others' voices in the house and he decided it was time to get out of bed.
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When they met in the living room everyone was fresh and ready for the day. The weather was just as fine as it was the day before but their mood seemed to have languished since their incident with that mysterious alien beast.
They were sitting around the dining table, looking at the plates in front of them, lost in their thought. Teal'c was the only one who was staring at the window but they couldn't tell whether he was thinking of something or not.
'So, how'd you sleep?' Cameron asked looking daggers at Daniel.
'Quite fine, compared to the circumstances.' Sam was the first to answer. She was the other who wasn't looking at her plate. Her eyes were hooked up on O'Neill who was preparing breakfast with his back to them so he couldn't see.
None of the others seemed to hear Cameron's question so he didn't wait for an answer much longer. 'Fine.'
'What?' Daniel asked as he noticed Vala staring at him.
She didn't take her eyes off him. 'Nothing.'
Daniel shifted to confused from surprised. 'What are you looking at, then?'
'You look nice.' Vala responded after a moment of hesitation.
Everyone lifted their heads as they heard Vala. Even Jack turned back at them. Vala felt uncomfortable having everyone looking at her.
'What? He does, doesn't he?' She only seemed to make the situation more awkward so she kept her mouth shut and looked back at the table in front of her.
As her eyes became unavailable all eyes shifted to Daniel.
'What?' He asked again, this time pressing the word more.
No answer came; it was O'Neill who saved the embarrassment for Daniel. 'Here comes breakfast.'
They started eating without a word.
'So,' Daniel started but waited with the rest until he had swallowed the piece he was chewing. 'Any ideas what that thing might have been?' He asked and bowed his head in the direction where Teal'c had carried the beast last night.
Sam was grateful someone came up with a matter she was eager to discuss.
'I have no idea. It wasn't anything I've seen before. Maybe if I took a better look at it I could create some theories but it is far from any alien we've encountered.' Everyone listened carefully until she finished.
'After we've finished, it's all yours.' Jack said smiling at Sam.
She smiled back though she got the message.
'It is also unknown where it has come from.' Teal'c stated.
'That may be even more exciting that what it is.' Daniel added. 'If one managed to get here maybe more did.'
'If it came on its own.' Jack said suspiciously.
'What do you mean?' Sam asked.
'I don't know. I think it's not a coincidence that that thing showed up when you came here.'
That seemed to make sense but nobody wanted to believe someone sent that beat on purpose to kill them, though it wouldn't be the first time for them to be on someone's dead list.
'Makes sense.' Cameron agreed with Jack, while finishing his omelet.
'I suggest we find out.' Vala told the others. She was still excited even for her.
'And I suggest we don't. Until there are no more of those animals, I think we're good.' Jack disagreed in his usual style. 'It's enough to check the dead one out. No need to get carried away.'
Nobody could come up with other acceptable reasons so they just quietly agreed. Sam finished her food quickly with hope that she could study the creature faster. Vala took the role of the kitchen-maid and cleaned the plates after they had finished.
Sam was getting ready for the dead monster analysis. Though they didn't hope for more of the monster's living friends Sam took a P-90, just in case. Accompanied by Cameron and Teal'c she left the house. Teal'c led the way since he was the only one who knew where he had taken the body. When he stopped claiming they had reached the spot Sam and Cameron could both discover a confused and worried expression on Teal'c's face.
'What is it?' Cameron asked.
'This is the place I have taken the body.' Teal'c answered looking around, still concerned.
'So?'
'It is not here,' the Jaffa answered simply.
Sam was confused. 'What do you mean it's not here?'
'Somebody must have taken it.' Cameron guessed.
'Or something.' Sam corrected and she laid her hand on the P-90.
They exchanged worried looks before Teal'c said. 'We should go back to the house and inform the others.'
'Agreed. If that thing is still out there, we have no time to waste.' Sam agreed and they headed back to the house.
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'What do you mean it's gone?' Jack asked angrily, grimacing as he said the word 'gone'.
They were sitting at the dining table as Sam explained Jack, Daniel and Vala what the situation was.
'It's not there, sir. We've checked the nearby area and there's no sign of it.' Sam explained.
'So it's alive?' Vala joined the conversation.
'If it is, than we will have a pretty damn hard time killing it.' Jack voiced everyone's thoughts.
'I do not think it is alive. We discovered footsteps; similar to the dead creature's, leading into the forest. There was also a sign that the dead one had been dragged away by another one.' Teal'c informed the others. He didn't seem to be more worried than any other time. His face was still solemn.
'O-kay.' Jack said and pulled his eyebrows, waiting for someone to say something smart.
'There were at least two of them. That could mean there are more. And it seems they operate only at night.' Daniel concluded their situation.
'But I've seen one of those in the forest when Daniel and I were getting the tree.' Jack discovered the paradox.
'And I have seen one in daylight.' Teal'c added.
'But they didn't attack. If what you saw was really one of those, it could have easily attacked us in the forest. But it didn't.' Daniel confirmed his theory.
'Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this mean that if we want to kill them, we will have to do it at night?' Cameron looked at Sam waiting affirmation from her.
She didn't want to say it but in the end she did. 'Yes.'
Cameron dropped his head on his folded arms in front of him.
'Wait. Why would we have to hunt them at night? Teal'c and O'Neill just said they have seen them during the day. Why couldn't we find them then?' Vala thought it over.
'I doubt they would show. They obviously like darkness. In my opinion if we went in the forest let's say now, they would hide from us and we wouldn't be able to find them.' Daniel explained again. He seemed to understand how the beasts worked.
'But we could try finding them while the sun's up.' Cameron suggested, lifting his head.
'We could, I'm just saying that if we do, and don't find them, we can come back, knowing it was useless. But if we go at night we have a better chance finding them and we wouldn't have to take two turns.'
It appeared Daniel had convinced the others, no matter how much they didn't like the idea of going into the forest at night.
'What do you say, sir?' Sam asked Jack.
He was thinking for a moment, considering their chances. 'We go at night.' Jack finally decided.
Nobody liked the idea but they knew that was their best chance.
'Until then, let's enjoy our time.' Daniel said and stood up from the table.
The others did so too and followed Daniel to the living room. They were waiting for any suggestions what they should do and it was Jack who finally had an idea. 'Anybody like Matrix?
~TBC